Made available in DSpace on 2015-04-16T14:49:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 985931 bytes, checksum: ab834ce365fb9e1b93db4b3f86f6ecf2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-06-27 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The main objective in this study is to analyze the links between the learning process and the competence development of entrepreneur women. We tried to understand the role of context in the professional carrer of the entrepreneur women; to characterize the learning process; and to identify the entrepreneurial competences of BWSP winners. The theoretical base comprises four sections, in order to (a) present the different theoretical perspectives on the phenomenon of entrepreneurship; (b) to characterize entrepreneurial learning based on the construtivist-sociological approach and, therefore, experiential, including the RAE model (2004) and POLITIS (2005); (c) to address the entrepreneurial competence in a dynamic view, ie, as a result of professional action, taking into consideration the context and social experiences; and (d) to describe the links between learning and entrepreneurial competence from the learning process and the elements of the context which act as mediators on the development of competences. To facilitate the achievement of objectives, we used the method of oral history. The research was conducted with five BWSP winners, between the years of 2004 and 2012, in the small business category in the state of Paraiba. Data collection was made using a semi-structured interview which was transcribed and analyzed using narration analysis. Results show there are links between the learning process and the development of entrepreneurial competence by means of the context and its variables, which include economic and social conditions; family relationships; gender; and stereotypes. These variables affect the trajectory of entrepreneurs working lives. Besides, entrepreneurs highlighted that the process of entrepreneurial learning occurs in daily routine, through direct experiences, work practices, success and failure, and it is built from experiences. About entrepreneurial competence, entrepreneurs find it very important knowing how to identify business opportunities; knowing the activities and related business processes; moving resources in unforeseen situations; besides turning experiences into learning and willing to learn. Competence comes from some knowledge which is produced by experience and mediated by some context. The findings reveal that the development of entrepreneurial competence involves a continuous process of learning, while that learning reflects the competences, creating a virtuous circle. The learning process therefore underpins the development of competence. The survey results highlighted that the practices or experiences, social and family interactions, as well as self-development and contact with other people contribute to entrepreneurial identity and thus promote the links between learning and entrepreneurial competence / Este estudo tem como objetivo central analisar os vínculos entre o processo de aprendizagem e o desenvolvimento de competência de mulheres-empreendedoras. Buscou-se compreender o papel do contexto na trajetória profissional das empreendedoras; caracterizar o processo de aprendizagem; e identificar as competências empreendedoras das ganhadoras do Prêmio Sebrae Mulher de Negócio (PSMN). O embasamento teórico compreende quatro seções, com a finalidade de (a) apresentar as diferentes perspectivas teóricas sobre o fenômeno do empreendedorismo; (b) caracterizar a aprendizagem empreendedora com base na abordagem construtivista-sociológica, e, portanto, experiencial, incluindo o modelo de RAE (2004) e POLITIS (2005); (c) abordar a competência empreendedora, sob uma visão dinâmica, ou seja, como resultante da ação profissional, considerando o contexto e as experiências sociais; e (d) descrever os vínculos entre aprendizagem e competência empreendedora a partir do processo de aprendizagem e dos elementos do contexto que atuam como mediadores do desenvolvimento de competências. Para viabilizar a consecução dos objetivos, utilizou-se o método da história oral temática. A pesquisa foi desenvolvida com cinco mulheres ganhadoras do PSMN, entre os anos de 2004 a 2012, na categoria pequenos negócios, no Estado da Paraíba. A coleta dos dados foi realizada por meio de uma entrevista semi-estruturada que foi transcrita e analisada utilizando a análise de narrativas. Os resultados apontam que existem vínculos entre o processo de aprendizagem e o desenvolvimento de competência empreendedora por intermédio do contexto e suas variáveis que envolvem condições econômicas e sociais; relações familiares; gênero; e estereótipos. Essas variáveis afetam a trajetória de vida profissional das empresárias. Além disso, as empresárias destacaram que o processo de aprendizagem empreendedora ocorre no dia-a-dia, por meio das experiências diretas, das práticas de trabalho, sucessos e insucessos, sendo algo construído a partir das experiências. Com relação à competência empreendedora, as empresárias consideram que é muito importante saber identificar oportunidades de negócio; conhecer as atividades e processos relacionados ao negócio; mobilizar recursos nas situações imprevistas; além de saber transformar experiências em aprendizado e ter disposição para aprender. A competência surge de um saber produzido pela experiência e mediado por um contexto. Os achados revelam, portanto, que o desenvolvimento de competência empreendedora envolve um processo contínuo de aprendizagem, ao mesmo tempo em que a aprendizagem reflete as competências, gerando um círculo virtuoso. O processo de aprendizagem é, portanto, subjacente ao desenvolvimento de competência. Os resultados da pesquisa destacaram que as práticas ou experiências vividas, as interações sociais e familiares, bem como o autodesenvolvimento e contatos com outras pessoas contribuem para a identidade empreendedora e, portanto, promovem os vínculos entre aprendizagem e competência empreendedora

O objetivo geral desta tese é analisar fatores que influenciam o desenvolvimento do aprendizado empreendedor em mulheres em situação de vulnerabilidade social. O trabalho realizou 5 etapas principais: (i) entrevistas qualitativas; (ii) revisão sistemática da literatura; (iii) análise do diagnóstico Sebrae; (iv) análise do conjunto de informações obtidas em pesquisa qualitativa (revisão sistemática da literatura, entrevistas) e quantitativa (survey), empregando como ferramenta o software NVIVO e; (v) elaboração de mapas conceituais para proposição de diretrizes para formação empreendedora demulheres em situação de vulnerabilidade. Os resultados atingidos foram: (i) confirmação dos fatores que facilitam e barreiras que dificultam o aprendizado empreendedor (ii) verificação frente à literatura dos fatores que facilitam e barreiras que dificultam o aprendizado empreendedor; (iii) identificação de perfil de gestão de mulheres microempreendedoras e empreendedoras individuais e oportunidades de conteúdos para capacitação em gestão; (iv)associações entre as fontes de informação e elaboração de cenários, e (v) mapa conceitual das associações existentes entre fatores facilitadores barrerias e características das mulheres em situação de vulnerabilidade social. A principal preposição desta tese é a sistematização da informação existente na literatura junto a evidências provenientes do cotidiano de especialistas e gestores, para proposição de diretrizes norteadoras para um projeto pedagógico desta natureza. / The general objective of this thesis is to analyze factors that influence the development of entrepreneurial learning in women in situation of social vulnerability. The work carried out 5 main steps: (i) qualitative interviews; (ii) systematic review of the literature; (iii) analysis of the Sebrae diagnosis; (iv) analysis of the set of information obtained in qualitative research (systematic literature review, interviews) and quantitative (survey), using the NVIVO software as a tool; (v) elaboration of conceptual maps for the proposal of guidelines for entrepreneurial training of women in situations of vulnerability. The results achieved were: (i) confirmation of facilitating factors and barriers that impede entrepreneurial learning; (ii) verification of the factors facilitating barriers and barriers to entrepreneurial learning; (iii) identification of the management profile of women entrepreneurs and individual entrepreneurs and opportunities for content for training in management; (iv) associations between the sources of information and the elaboration of scenarios, and (v) conceptual map of the existing associations between facilitating sweeping factors and characteristics of women in situations of social vulnerability. The main preposition of this thesis is the systematization of information existing in the literature along with evidence from the daily routine of specialists and managers, to propose guiding guidelines for a pedagogical project of this nature.

nÃo hà / Objetivou analisar a aprendizagem empreendedora e sua influÃncia nas competÃncias empreendedoras desenvolvidas pelos gestores da Tecnologia da InformaÃÃo da regiÃo metropolitana de Fortaleza â CE. Foram adotadas como modelos conceituais de pesquisa o modelo de Politis (2005), no aspecto da aprendizagem empreendedora, e o de Man e Lau (2000), concernente à competÃncia empreendedora. A pesquisa adotou o mÃtodo qualitativo de natureza descritiva. Para sua execuÃÃo, foi realizada entrevista com dez gestores da Tecnologia da InformaÃÃo, com apoio de um questionÃrio semiestruturado. Para tratamento dos dados, utilizou-se o mÃtodo de AnÃlise de ConteÃdo de natureza temÃtica. Os resultados da pesquisa mostraram que Aprendizagem Empreendedora tem papel de meio, contÃnuo e experiencial no aprimoramento das competÃncias empreendedoras do gestor de TI. Isto porque as experiÃncias prÃvias em negÃcios influenciam no desenvolvimento das competÃncias empreendedoras iniciais: administrativa, oportunidade, comprometimento e relacionamento do gestor de TI. E foram sendo aprimoradas no modo contÃnuo de novas experiÃncias com negÃcios, tanto nos seus primeiros empreendimentos, como trabalhando, em seguida, nos de terceiros. Os dois modos de transformaÃÃo de experiÃncias de carreira empreendedora, tanto o exploitation (conhecimentos preexistentes) como o exploration (novas possibilidades) influenciam e aprimoram o desenvolvimento das competÃncias empreendedoras. Identificou-se tambÃm a influÃncia contÃnua e recÃproca no desenvolvimento e aprimoramento entre as competÃncias empreendedoras. Em se tratando do exercÃcio da competÃncia empreendedora de comprometimento, este influencia no desenvolvimento da competÃncia empreendedora de estratÃgia. Entrementes, a aÃÃo da competÃncia empreendedora conceitual influencia no desenvolvimento das competÃncias empreendedoras: estratÃgica e oportunidade. E, no exercÃcio da competÃncia empreendedora estratÃgica, observou-se a influÃncia no desenvolvimento das competÃncias empreendedoras: administrativa, comprometimento e relacionamento. / Aimed to analyze the entrepreneurial learning and its influence on skills entrepreneurial developed by managers of information technology in the region Metropolitan of Fortaleza - CE. Were adopted as conceptual research models the model of Politis (2005), in the aspect of entrepreneurial learning, and the Man and Lau (2000), concerning the entrepreneurial competence. The research adopted the qualitative method of descriptive nature. For its implementation, she was interviewed with ten managers of information technology, supported by a semi-structured questionnaire. For processing the data, we used the content analysis method of thematic nature. The survey results showed that Entrepreneurial Learning has paper medium, continuous and experiential in the improvement of entrepreneurial skills of the IT manager. This is because the business prior experiences influence the development of early entrepreneurial skills: administrative, opportunity, commitment and relationship of the IT manager. And they were being improved continuously in further experiments on business, both in their early ventures such as working, then the third. The two ways of transforming entrepreneurial career experiences, both the exploitation (foreground) as the exploration (new opportunities) influence and improve the development of entrepreneurial skills. It also identified continuous and reciprocal influence on the development and enhancement of entrepreneurial skills. In the case of the exercise of entrepreneurial competence commitment, this influences the development of entrepreneurial competence strategy. Meanwhile, the action of conceptual entrepreneurial competence influences the development of entrepreneurial skills: Strategic and opportunity. And, in the exercise of strategic entrepreneurial competence, there was the influence in the development of entrepreneurial skills: administrative, commitment and relationship

This study focuses on how entrepreneurs learn about international business opportunities and explores the factors that affect the way they do it. The main conclusion of the literature review was that current international entrepreneurship research is still under development and the topic of international entrepreneurial learning about business opportunities yet to receive widespread attention. In addition, entrepreneurs utilise different ways to learn about the opportunities. However, there is a lack of coherence among scholars on what learning strategies are exactly, how many of them exist, and how they should be defined and categorised (Kakkonen, 2010).The research strategy of this study is based on the mixed methods approach. The design is a two-phase, sequential mixed methods study, utilising a qualitative, followed by a quantitative phase (Creswell et al., 2003). The qualitative phase was split into two parts: QUAL1 and QUAL2. Each qualitative phase includes the analysis of interviews and focus group discussions (Tashakkori and Teddlie, 1998). In the quantitative phase, a web-based questionnaire was the chosen data collection tool (Cobanoglu et al., 2001; Sills and Song, 2002). The study was conducted on a sample of 178 high-tech entrepreneurs in Israel. The results show that international entrepreneurs learn strategically about business opportunities. They utilise different ways, means, and mechanisms to assist in the identification process of entrepreneurial opportunities. These processes can be considered as learning processes, and the way they are enacted can be termed as 'learning strategies'. Based on the findings of the qualitative phases (QUAL1, QUAL2) and prior studies, six learning strategies were identified as relevant to the process of opportunity identification. Furthermore, the quantitative phase showed that business ownership experience and entrepreneurial self-efficacy have a significant influence on prior knowledge on international arena. In addition, prior knowledge was found as the most significant factor, affecting the ways entrepreneurs learn about business opportunities, while the cognitive style was found to moderate the strength of the relationships between prior knowledge and the learning strategies. Social networking ties also had an impact on the ways entrepreneurs learn, however this influence is diverse, and its statistical significance depends on the specific learning strategy. The importance and contribution of the proposed study can be defined as follows: Firstly, the study can help to reveal the underlying logic of opportunity identification as a learning process. Secondly, combining different frameworks into a new conceptual model as has been done in this study, may establish a new outlook, and contribute to the progress of research into entrepreneurship. Thirdly, International entrepreneurs can also benefit from these elements by acknowledging that they have a battery of learning strategies, which are relevant to the opportunity identification process, and most importantly, they can be taught how to learn about an idea throughout the process of opportunity identification.

Submitted by Nadir Basilio (nadirsb@uninove.br) on 2015-08-05T16:12:38Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tania Regina Frota Vasconcellos Dias.pdf: 2429240 bytes, checksum: 8255c9d0dc8c3b5273f12e3fef220a4d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-08-05T16:12:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tania Regina Frota Vasconcellos Dias.pdf: 2429240 bytes, checksum: 8255c9d0dc8c3b5273f12e3fef220a4d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-23 / The role that knowledge acquired from failure can play in business environment, in recent years, has shown a relevant interest in entrepreneurship. In this scenario, this study aims to analyze how business failure provides entrepreneurial knowledge for entrepreneurs of micro and small enterprises in creating new business. Therefore, we proceeded to the integration of two conceptual research models from the insertion of Cope's learning journey (2011) in the bulge of the framing outlined by Politis (2005) on entrepreneurial learning. We described the entrepreneurial career experiences until business interruption, as well as the learning journeys. Apart from that, we analyzed the learning dimensions of business failure addressing the transformation of career experience into entrepreneurial knowledge. We adopted a qualitative research design with an in depth exploratory approach (Mason, 1996), which is characterized by a longitudinal cross-sectional view. Eight entrepreneurs were selected by convenience and availability. We used snowball methodological technique and the contacts were established by appointment with several entrepreneurs in the study area. For gathering data, it was decided to use interviews based on script and they were applied between May 2013 and October 2014. The interviews were recorded, transcribed, classified, coded and analyzed. We used the thematic content analysis taking narrative as basis. Given the evolution of entrepreneurial learning process and the consequent acquisition of knowledge through lived experiences, the research found out that all entrepreneurs, in the time they faced the failure of their business, showed a spontaneous and instant reflexive action, because they did not fall inert in face of the reasons that led them to slow down and close their activities. Thus, we infer that this knowledge is suitable to increase the ability of understanding and interpreting new events and circumstances, and thus, overcoming the adversities and obstacles concerning entrepreneurial activity, enable entrepreneurs to open a new business. Finally, we present theoretical and practical contributions of this study, as well as the research limitations and suggestions for further researches. / O papel que a experiência advinda do insucesso pode desempenhar no ambiente empresarial, nos últimos anos, tem apresentado um relevante interesse para o empreendedorismo. Nesse cenário, este estudo tem por objetivo analisar como o insucesso empresarial propicia aprendizagem empreendedora em empreendedores de micro e pequenas empresas que criaram novos negócios. Para tanto, procedeu-se a integração de dois modelos conceituais de pesquisa a partir da inserção da jornada de aprendizagem de Cope (2011) no bojo da sistemática delineada por Politis (2005) sobre aprendizagem empreendedora. Foram descritas as experiências de carreira empreendedora até a descontinuidade dos negócios, assim como as jornadas de aprendizagem. Além disso, foram analisadas as dimensões de aprendizagem do insucesso empresarial abordando a transformação da experiência de carreira em conhecimento empreendedor. Foi adotado um delineamento de pesquisa qualitativa com abordagem exploratória e em profundidade (MASON, 1996), que se caracterizou pelo corte seccional com perspectiva longitudinal. Oito empreendedores foram selecionados por conveniência e disponibilidade. Utilizou-se a técnica metodológica snowball e os contatos foram estabelecidos por indicação com vários empreendedores na área de estudo. Para a coleta de dados optou-se por entrevistas baseadas em roteiro, que foram realizadas entre maio de 2013 e outubro de 2014, e que foram gravadas, transcritas, classificadas, codificadas e analisadas. Utilizou-se a análise temática do conteúdo tendo a narrativa como alicerce. Dada a evolução do processo de aprendizagem empreendedora e a consequente aquisição de conhecimento a partir das experiências vivenciadas, a pesquisa constatou que todos os empreendedores, ao tempo em que se depararam com o insucesso de suas empreitadas, apresentaram uma ação reflexiva imediata e espontânea, pois não se quedaram inertes frente aos motivos que os levaram a desacelerar e encerrar suas atividades. Sendo assim, infere-se que tais conhecimentos são aptos a incrementar a capacidade de entender e interpretar novos eventos e circunstâncias e, então, através da superação das adversidades e dos obstáculos inerentes a atividade empresarial, habilitar os empreendedores para a criação de um novo negócio. Por derradeiro, são apresentadas as contribuições teóricas e práticas deste estudo, assim como as limitações da pesquisa e as sugestões para pesquisas futuras.

Background: The Corporate Accelerator (CA) trend has extended beyond high technology industries, gaining global traction across a variety of industries, such as in finance, healthcare, insurance, entertainment and consumer packaged goods. CAs are described as an approach that bridges the gap between corporations and startups, further supporting long-term growth and corporate renewal. When organized effectively, CAs provide a platform that allows both the established corporations and startups to tap into the resources of what one has and the other lacks. Despite its’ many opportunities, some aspects of CAs have also been criticized. In particular, CAs aim to fulfill their corporation’s goals which may lead to discrepancies between the goals of the corporation and the startup. This could potentially limit the level of innovativeness of the startups as well as other learning benefits they aimed to achieve from taking part in the program. Purpose: From an entrepreneur’s point of view, this study aims to understand the learning experiences CA programs offer for participating startups. Method: An instrumental collective case study was conducted in the form of semi-structured interviews from five cases that represented five different CA programs. Conclusion: This study aims to elaborate the existing CA literature through providing insights about how individuals in startups develop new knowledge through taking part in CA programs. The findings of this study suggest that three main factors affect the startup individuals learning experiences in CA programs that consist of; (1) The need for learning that is built upon the background attributes of each startup individual and the stage at which the startup organization is at; (2) The different entrepreneurial support activities that offer the startups authentic learning, generative learning and acquisitive learning opportunities; (3) The learning network offered during the program that consists of corporations, facilitator organizations and other startup organizations that enable the startup individuals to acquire complementary knowledge resources across their own organizational boundaries. Moreover, the findings of this study illustrate that experiences gained during the program are transformed into entrepreneurial knowledge that constitutes to the individual's ability to recognize new opportunities as well as the ability to cope with the liabilities of newness.

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The entrepreneurial learning process within business incubators, particularly among novice entrepreneurs in Sweden's entrepreneurial landscape, still needs to be explored. The present study, centered around the question, "Through a social constructivist perspective, how do novice entrepreneurs learn within business incubators in Sweden?", adopts a social constructivist perspective to fill this knowledge gap. Using a qualitative, inductive approach and the Critical Incident Technique (CIT), the study focuses on novice entrepreneurs at the Uppsala Innovation Centre (UIC), Sweden. Data collection involved semi-structured interviews and a two-step sampling method, while data analysis was grounded in Vygotsky’s Social Development Theory. This methodology aimed to unravel the intricacies of the entrepreneurial learning process within the UIC. These findings offer valuable insights to novice entrepreneurs and a particular business incubator, suggesting how they might structure more conducive incubator environments for effective entrepreneurial learning. It also underscores the importance of networking within the incubator's environment. However, these findings have certain limitations. They are based on data from a single Swedish incubator and may not be generalized across diverse entrepreneurial ecosystems. Moreover, the reliance on self-reported experiences introduces potential biases. Future research should address these limitations by incorporating multiple incubators across different countries and by introducing diverse perspectives and external assessments for more comprehensive and objective findings. The study concludes that providing a conducive social constructivist environment in business incubators is essential for fostering effective entrepreneurial learning, with emphasis on learning from networking with the more knowledgeable others (MKOs). These conclusions offer valuable directions for policy-makers, incubator managers, and novice entrepreneurs, aiming to enhance the sustainability and success of startups in dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystems.

In 2011, the Swedish upper secondary school curriculum underwent a reform, which resulted in entrepreneurship being integrated into all subjects. However, entrepreneurship is not explicitly mentioned in the purpose or central contents of civics, raising questions about how it should be integrated within the subject. By mapping the existing research in the field, the objective of this study is to problematize and investigate opportunities and challenges regarding the implementation of entrepreneurship as part of the civics subject in Swedish upper secondary education.The research suggests that a type of learning called value-creating learning is beneficial for developing students' entrepreneurial skills and fits well with the dual purpose of civics education. In civics, one of the two main goals is to teach the fundamental scientific theories of the subject. Value-creating learning, which is practical and pragmatic in line with the theory of pragmatism, helps students connect these theories with real-life applications.From the perspective of the theory of situated learning, value-creating learning can offer a new social environment for students to cultivate entrepreneurial skills and adopt entrepreneurial norms through interactions beyond the classroom. Moreover, this approach fulfills the second goal of social studies, as it prepares students to become active and engaged citizens in a democratic society.

The aim of this study is to investigate pupils’ experiences of social entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial learning in upper secondary school, from a relational Special Needs Educational perspective. How pupils’ in difficulties are affected, and benefit from social entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial learning is of particular interest as well as how these approaches can be related to inclusive education. A qualitative method is applied through observations, dialogues and interviews with pupils’ at two different suburban upper secondary schools. The main results show that social entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial learning in most cases contribute to an inclusive education. However, all the pupils’ in the study expressed the most important factor for their learning to be the teacher. The empathy and concern shown by the teacher in social entrepreneurship was beneficial for meaningful inclusive education. If the processes of social entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial learning are the causes of the so called focal point, in which genuin communication take part, or if it is the teacher who is of decisive importance, or both, is difficult to discern from the results of this study. Analysis of the results hints that pupils’ in particularly difficult circumstances have problems to pass even if the education is given through social entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial learning. To help these students the school as an educational system would most likely have to undergo significant changes in order to avoid seeing pupils’ as being stuck in special educational needs but rather as individuals in need of genuin communication and interpersonal relations. / Studien syftar till att undersöka elevers erfarenheter av socialt entreprenörskap och entreprenöriellt lärande i gymnasieskolan, ur ett relationellt specialpedagogiskt perspektiv. Specifikt undersöks hur elever i svårigheter påverkas och hur socialt entreprenörskap och entreprenöriellt lärande kan relateras till inkludering. I studien tillämpas kvalitativ metod genom observationer, samtal och intervjuer av elever på två olika gymnasieskolor, en förortsskola och en förstadsskola. Resultatet visar att socialt entreprenörskap och entreprenöriellt lärande bidrar till inkludering i de flesta fall. Emellertid uttryckte samtliga elever att det viktigaste för deras lärande var läraren. Samtliga elever ansåg att det empatiska förhållningssätt och omtanke läraren i socialt entreprenörskap hade gynnade lärandet. Om det är processerna i socialt entreprenörskap och entreprenöriellt lärande som bidrar till att underlätta förutsättningarna för att utbildningens sk brännpunkt, i vilken genuin mellanmänsklig kommunikation kan uppstå, eller om det är läraren som är avgörande för att detta ska ske eller både och är utifrån den studie som gjorts svårt att avgöra. Analys av resultatet antyder dock att elever i synnerligen svåra omständigheter även har svårt att klara undervisningen då socialt entreprenörskap och entreprenöriellt förhållningssätt tillämpas. För att hjälpa dessa elever skulle skolan som system troligen bl a behöva förändras till en organisation som istället för att se elever i behov av särskilt stöd se elever i behov av genuin kommunikation och mellanmänskliga relationer.